Title of Panel: Competition & Dialogue in Renaissance Art

As suggested by recent publications and exhibitions (such as Rona
Goffen?s Renaissance Rivals, 2002, and Venetian Rivals at the Boston
MFA, 2009), competition often served as a catalyst for artistic
innovation. While this is a recognized theme in Renaissance scholarship,
this panel will specifically address how artistic practice was motivated
by and the result of rivalry. It will consider the contributions of
competition and dialogue to artistic self-fashioning, as well as how
dialectic relations depend on emulation that recognizably cites its
references in order to surpass them.

Please send proposal abstracts of no more than 150 words by email to
both co-chairs, Sarah Blake McHam (mchamrci.rutgers.edu) and David
Drogin (david_droginfitnyc.edu), with the label RSA
Competition/Dialogue panel in the subject line.

Include also the title of your presentation, a short c.v. and complete
contact information: email, address, tel. nos., fax nos.

Deadline: May 16, 2010.